Magia teatru: Wspomnienie o Profesorze Jerzym Limonie (1950-2021)
The Magic of the Theater: Remembering Professor Jerzy Limon (1950-2021)
Author(s): Małgorzata Grzegorzewska, Jacek FabiszakSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Jerzy Limon; Shakespeare studies; theater studies; Gdańsk Shakespeare Theater; Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival
Summary/Abstract: Professor Jerzy Limon was a world-renowned scholar, expert on Shakespeare and English literature, as well as theater theorist. He was also a writer and translator. His professional career is linked with Gdańsk: he taught English literature and theatre at the University of Gdańsk; it was in Gdańsk that he had the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre built in the place where the Fencing School, housing an Elizabethan stage, once stood. Jerzy Limon created and supervised the Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival for over 20 years, which presented productions from all over the world.
Journal: Pamiętnik Teatralny
- Issue Year: 278/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 173-182
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish